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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SurfStack Templating for PHP
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/josephspurrier/surfstack-templating.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/josephspurrier/surfstack-templating) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/josephspurrier/surfstack-templating/badge.png)](https://coveralls.io/r/josephspurrier/surfstack-templating)
 
 The SurfStack Template Engine is a barebones system designed to
-be lean and quick. It uses a syntax very similar to the alternative controls structures
+be lean and quick. It uses a syntax very similar to the alternative control structures
 in PHP and outputs compiled and optional cached templates. The engine also has optional regular
 expressions to strip out open and closed PHP tags, PHP echo short tags, PHP short tags,
 and ASP tags to keep your templates clean and readable.